Adelaide Crows set Jared Petrenko and Sam Shaw for SANFL trials

ADELAIDE defenders Jared Petrenko and Sam Shaw are expected to push their claims for round one selection by playing SANFL trial games this weekend.

The pair played their first game of the year in Friday night's NAB Cup win over Carlton and the Crows are set to seek AFL permission to have them play locally this weekend.

Fellow defender Andy Otten was the pick of the Crows who played SANFL last weekend and his performance for South Adelaide will keep pressure on Adelaide selectors.

"The bulk of guys who played did reasonably well and everyone got through okay,'' list manager David Noble said.

"The main thing will be what we do this week with the guys who need more game time.

"Those like (Jared) Petrenko and (Sam) Shaw, Friday night was their first game so they'll probably be two of them (who play SANFL).''

If Petrenko is sent to the SANFL he will play for the Eagles against the Panthers at Noarlunga on Saturday night while Shaw would have to find another club with Glenelg given the week off.

Noble said Adelaide's team for round one against Essendon was far from a "closed shop'' and those in the SANFL were still in the mix for selection.

The two casualties from Friday night's win over the Blues, Ian Callinan and Jason Porplyzia will have a low-key week at training.

Porplyzia was at training yesterday but did light duties only as he recovers from a stomach ulcer, while Callinan will have scans on his injured knee today but assistant coach Scott Camporeale said his mobility was fine.

Camporeale said the Crows' efforts on Friday was a glimpse of their best last season.

"Reviewing the game over the weekend, that was back to the level we were playing towards the end of last year no doubt about it so we were really pleased with the weekend,'' he said.

"They (players) will train hard this week, most of the guys who played SANFL on the weekend will play again and then we'll select a couple who will probably play, who haven't done a lot over the NAB Cup series.''

Camporeale said the development of young gun Brad Crouch added another element to Adelaide's midfield which could go with the best in the competition.

"With his speed and the way he kicks the footy, he's going to be important for us.

"If you saw last year, there weren't too many teams that got hold of us.

"We've got some real depth and still with (Rory) Sloane, (David) Mackay and Porplyzia to get through there I think it's a really good mix.''